</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Herb:
<strong>Is my reasoning illogical?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Not at all. The chart in Still shows that the serial number series of Mauser WWII pistols cycled through the z series -three- times.
I'm wondeing if your "contract" scenerio doesn't add an unnecessary layer of complication (and confusion) to the process. Do we know that Mauser was given "contracts" for specific numbers of pistols during the war? Or, were they simply contracted to begin production and crank out as many as they could, dates codes and serial numbers simply falling onto the line in their order? Does anybody actually -know- the answer to this question, or were these part of the records lost in the flames of wanton destruction?
Btw, I read recently of a Luger reported in the j block, can't find the source to cite at the moment.
--Dwight
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